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Last up in our celebration of Apprenticeship Week 2023, we are pleased to hear from Matthew Stubbs, a 2018 Apprentice who passed his Accounting Technicians Ireland (ATI) exams in 2020 and is now well on his way to qualifying with Chartered Accountants Ireland.  For...

Conal Moore is another of our current Higher Level Apprentices in the Business Services Team. A former Music, Sound & Technology undergraduate student, he joins Justin on the Accounting Technicians Ireland (ATI) course at Belfast Met.  Currently in year one of the...

As we celebrate Apprenticeship Week, we are delighted to catch up with Adrien Pelan, our first ever employee to complete the Belfast Met Higher Level Apprenticeship Scheme. Adrien graduated from the scheme in the summer of 2019 and has continued her career in Business...

This Apprenticeship Week, we’re catching up with our Higher Level Apprentices past and present to hear about their time so far at Baker Tilly Mooney Moore, and the balance of learning while they work. First up is Justin Burns from the Business Services department, who...

By Stephen McConnell, Business Services Partner at Baker Tilly Mooney Moore   We ended 2022 much like the previous two years, with a bleak economic outlook and hopes that the busy Christmas period will be enough to see businesses through even the beginning of 2023....

2023 begins with a bleak economic outlook after the UK entered an official recession in the third quarter of last year. Though the decline is expected to be shallow, latest estimates show that it will continue for much of the year. It is to this backdrop that...

By Donal Laverty, Consulting Partner  There is no escaping the recession we are slipping into. The UK economy will shrink by 1.4% in 2023 and unemployment will jump to 4.9%. Yet simultaneously, businesses are aggressively recruiting to fill vacancies and almost three...

HMRC is introducing a new VAT penalty regime from 1 January 2023, replacing the current default surcharge with a fixed rate, points based system for late VAT submissions and payments. The changes will affect businesses submitting VAT returns for accounting periods...

Reacting to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on 17th November, Head of Tax Angela Keery said: "The Autumn Statement delivered today is confirmation of the bleak outlook we face both in terms of business finances and our personal, take-home pay packets. Individuals...

It’s been another busy year for us all. From the after-effects of the pandemic to increasing costs and inflation, few will have escaped the challenges of 2022. Yet an important part of the business calendar is the Christmas party, which is a welcome opportunity to...

By Donal Laverty, Consulting Partner  Recently I returned to speak at the CO3 Annual Leadership Conference, examining the future of work and reinvention of how, when and where we undertake our roles. In this period of transition and workplace shift, I discussed with...

This International Accounting Day, together with our Baker Tilly International colleagues around the world, we celebrate our profession and what’s changed in the industry.  Following another busy year, our Business Services Partner Michael Branniff joins us for a look...